[NEWS] Five links about space travel: cheap rockets, robots, and war

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• Small, inexpensive rockets like the sort we are now starting to see could have a transformative effect on space travel and the global economy. Bloomberg View reports.


• The roboticization of space would leave less to do for astronauts, but potentially more fun stuff. Bloomberg View reports.


• Gizmodo notes that the American military wants more money for a potential armed conflict in space, as does VICE.


• Universe Today notes that, likewise, Russia and China are developing space-based military capabilities.